Sūtra 8.2.5 (The Sense of Smell is constituted by the element of Earth)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Vaisheshika Sutras 8.2 · Verse 8.2.5
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Sanskrit Original
भूयस्त्वात् गन्धवत्त्वाच्च पृथिवी गन्धज्ञाने प्रकृतिः ॥ ८.२.५ ॥
bhūyastvāt gandhavattvācca pṛthivī gandhajñāne prakṛtiḥ || 8.2.5 ||
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By reason of (its) predominance, and of possession of Smell, Earth is the material cause of the olfactory sense.